Chapter 169 An unexpected surprise
Chapter 169 An unexpected surprise
Seeing that Xuehuan's emotions this time were not as extreme and excited as last time, E Ling did not disturb them. She patted Xiaoguai's shoulder and motioned him to take her to find Changze.
After taking only two steps, I ran into a familiar figure.
E Ling's eyes suddenly lit up, "Changze, so you are here, I was just about to go look for you~"
Looking at E Ling, Changze's eyes were full of love, and his pair of animal ears turned red, just like the shyness and timidity of a young boy in love seeing his sweetheart, which formed a contrast with his usual serious image and made him endearing.
"Ling, you look very good today."
Nagasawa looked her over and his ears turned even redder.
"Really? I just made some new clothes a while ago, and this is the first time I wear them."
E Ling came down and turned around in front of Chang Ze, she couldn't hide the love on her face.
"Um...Um, Ling, are you ready?"
Nagasawa's tone suddenly became tinged with anxiety and tension.
E Ling quickly guessed that Changze was talking about getting married. She nodded, and then saw Changze extending his hand.
She put her hand over him, and the moment their skin touched, she could clearly feel his body temperature rising, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on her palm due to nervousness.
E Ling took the initiative to hook her fingers around his, signaling him not to be nervous.
Changze took Eling to the wooden platform, which was decorated with bright and beautiful flowers at some point. Every petal reflected a moist luster in the sun, and the sense of ceremony was at its peak. Standing in the center of the wooden platform, bursts of fragrance hit her nose, making Eling feel relaxed.
The beastmen in the audience couldn't help but exclaim when they saw the female and male on the stage. Although the most beautiful female in the beast city and the most respected male except the Beast King together were a sight to behold wherever they went, it still attracted many jealous glances from males and females.
This includes Lu Shi.
Lu Shi cast a suggestive look to his trusted subordinates, who understood his meaning and slowly approached the wooden platform.
Seeing this, Mo Lin also followed quietly.
On the wooden platform, Changze presented a wreath to E Ling with great piety and uttered his vow of courtship:
"Ling, from the first time I met you, I knew you were the soul mate I had been looking for, regardless of appearance or fertility.
You seem to have a kind of magic that can attract all my attention. At first, I was just exploring you out of curiosity, thinking that you are different from other females. When I reacted, I found that I had completely fallen for your characteristics of being sometimes cute, sometimes gentle, always so smart, and always able to warm my heart.
After meeting you, I, who have always existed to heal others, felt healed for the first time, and I want to keep this warmth forever. I have already said the words of courtship once before, and you said you need time to think about it. So now, have you thought about it? Can you be my female and accept the blessing from the Beast God with me?"
These words had already been reorganized into many words in Nagasawa's mind over and over again, and every character was already familiar to him. However, when he really expressed them to his beloved female, it always made Nagasawa feel differently.
It was as if a small boat that had been drifting aimlessly for so long had finally reached the shore, and the heart that had always been empty and without a sense of belonging was slowly being filled.
E Ling slowly lowered her head, "I am willing to be your female."
Changze slowly put the wreath on E Ling's head.
But at this moment, a crack suddenly appeared in the center of the wooden platform, and the crack quickly spread around, and in the blink of an eye the wooden platform quickly sank and collapsed.
The sunken position was right under Eling's feet. She screamed in surprise, and Changze reacted quickly and pulled Eling. Eling used the force to jump out of the gap so as not to be stuck in the gap.
"Don't be afraid, beautiful female. I'm here to protect you!"
Lu Shi, who was not far from the wooden platform, seemed to be prepared. He rushed onto the platform and headed towards E Ling.
But the wooden platform collapsed rapidly at this time, and the huge cracks seemed to swallow E Ling like a bloody mouth. At this time, the wooden boards on high places fell down and hit E Ling's head directly.
A dark green snake tail suddenly emerged from the gap, tightly wrapped around E Ling and took her away from the center of the accident.
Changze recognized that it was Mo Lin, so he jumped off the wooden platform with confidence. While evacuating quickly, he called on the soldiers who were patrolling nearby to come and protect the safety of other females.
But from Lu Shi's perspective, he couldn't see Mo Lin. All he could see was E Ling falling into the collapsed gap. Lu Shi was anxious and wanted to save E Ling, but the wooden platform was about to collapse completely. If he didn't retreat, he would be seriously injured.
The animal's survival instinct made Lu Shi almost subconsciously evacuate the center of the collapse. Almost in the next second after he left, the wooden platform collapsed all around at lightning speed, raising a cloud of dust.
The accident happened too suddenly, and some females who did not have time to dodge and retreat screamed and fled, creating a chaotic scene.
Fortunately, the soldiers who were maintaining order arrived quickly. Some of them pulled away the females near the center of the accident and escorted them to a safe place, while others surrounded the center of the landslide to prevent the orcs from approaching in panic and causing secondary injuries.
Shikatoki rushed over in time and looked around. He did not find any trace of Eling near the landslide. He grabbed Changze angrily and asked him by the collar:
"Where's the beautiful female? She's still on the wooden platform. How could you escape alone without caring about your own safety? You're a healing magician, but when something happened to the female you like, the first thing you thought of was to protect yourself?!"
Nagasawa calmly pried open Shikato's hands and looked at the landslide. The smoke and dust there gradually dissipated and two figures slowly emerged.
Lu Shi followed Changze's gaze and saw Mo Lin, in half-human, half-beast form, slowly walking out with E Ling in his arms. Mo Lin had more than a dozen scratches of varying sizes from the wooden fragments, but he protected E Ling in his arms very well. Apart from some dust on her body, there was nothing else wrong with her.
There was a cold light in Mo Lin's black eyes, which happened to meet Lu Shi's gaze. The threat and the sense of seeing through everything in his eyes made Lu Shi feel a little guilty. He couldn't help but mutter in a low voice: "When did this snake appear..."
Xiaoguai and Xuanming also rushed over.
"Ling, are you okay?"
"Sister, are you hurt anywhere? Do you know how worried I was about you just now..."
Xiaoguai's eyes were red. He pulled E Ling up and down to check her. He was relieved after making sure that she was fine. He turned around and questioned Changze: "Lushou, you have been in charge of the pairing ceremony. What on earth did you do? How could such an accident happen? And it happened when my sister was on the stage! Fortunately, my sister is fine, otherwise, I would have killed you!"
Xiaoguai didn't like Changze in the first place, and he was jealous because of the two of them competing for the chance to become a couple. Now that an accident happened and E Ling was involved, he was worried and nervous, so he was naturally the first to blame.
"Yes, Changze, a dignified elder actually made such a mistake and almost hurt a precious female. Even if you are in a high position and have great power, how many lives can you afford to suffer such an accident?" Lu Shi also added fuel to the fire.
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